Direct Lines to the President
August 6, 2002
Tonya Cairns*
*The writer is a student of Monash University currently interning with TEMPO magazine in Jakarta.
The annual session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has begun with President Megawati Sukarnoputri, in her opening address, pledging support for the American war against terrorism and announcing crackdowns against the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the ongoing religious-based conflict in Ambon. Powerful wo |